Inherit the Wind Updated for the 21st Century

[Don]

Inherit the Wind seems dated today. No public schools teach creationism. Evolution is widely accepted as a fact. Now it would be controversial to teach intelligent design. I realized you could take this play and make it much more relevant by changing the plot from a teacher teaching evolution to one teaching intelligent design. You still have the brash confident prosecutor and the washed up politician turned defense lawyer.

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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...

or

http://www.amazon.com/Inherit-The-Win...

[Feliks]

Eh? Creationism is alive and well in the American heartland; there's a creationist museum; creationism is discussed all over AM Talk radio; and there are always political battles about Creationism, especially in places like Kansas. Within the last few years! American ignorance is always timely.

This play doesn't feel dated --at least not to me, anyway, and I've read a lot of plays--not in the slightest degree dated. Certainly the drama in it, stands up. Combine the reading with the movie? A one-two punch! In fact, this very season, Brian Denehy and Christopher Plummer are playing the roles on Broadway.

Just my 2 cents. Glad to see the title mentioned as a discussion topic! Rock on dude

[Don]

Critics of intelligent design often label it the same as creationism. As my play shows, they are not the same thing. Evolution actually is closer to creationism than you may think. That is why it was so easy to rewrite this play where the status quo is a close minded defender of evolution.